Stolen Cars in North City Come With Free Bullets!

So you’re a thug ok?  You see a car idling on the street, and you think.  “Wow, doesn’t get much easier than this!”  So you hop in and start to drive away.

And  then you get shot “several times” and die.

Its like the damn wild west in North St. Louis!

An 18-year-old north St. Louis man was fatally wounded Sunday as he attempted to steal a truck.

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Woman Killed While Trying to Cross I-70

People are stupid.

When does the idea “Hey lets cross this major interstate on foot” ever cross someone’s mind quickly followed by the even dumber thought to actually do it?

Police said Peggy Ramsey, 47, of the 30 block of Arbor Village was struck and killed on Highway 70 at Salisbury at 8:05 pm. Authorities say a 56-year old woman in a Ford Taurus, was traveling westbound on Highway 70 approaching Salisbury when a car in front of her suddenly swerved. The woman driving the Ford Taurus then noticed the victim standing in front of her in a traffic lane. She attempted to swerve, but couldn’t avoid hitting Ramsey. Police said Ramsey was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Dave Sinclair Gets a New Address

dave1Local legend Dave Sinclair, died today at the age of 81 of gallbladder cancer which has got to be the worst kind of cancer possible since you don’t even need your gallbladder!

We hear that Dave isn’t quite the nice guy he was in the commercials, but we’ll touch on that later.

If you want to read his life story head over to STLToday.com

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Local Magazine Death Watch 2009: The Beginning

Local Magazine Death Watch 2009: The Beginning

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We at PunchingKitty love magazines.  The numbers, however, say the the rest of the world doesn’t.  To that we ask: Don’t you people poop? 

That however is beside the point.

Right now, by our count St. Louis has 4 magazines that are worth counting.  We’re thinking no matter how many they give away for free all four can’t survive to see 2010, so now starts PunchingKitty.com’s Local Magazine Death Watch 2009.

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